Style: May 07, 2021

may 2021 

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EDITOR 

Can you remember the time when problems were met 

with hard graft and No. 8 wire? It seems society has left 

this notion in the paddock, favouring convenience and quickfire 

solutions instead. However, you don’t need to dig deeply 

into the history books to find inspiring examples that prove 

this notion, dormant or not, remains part of our DNA. 

Forty-five years ago, a feat of sheer determination began. 

Neither man nor Mother Nature could thwart Peter Foote’s 

plans to open his own ski field. He and his team of bulldozers 

spent seven months cutting a new road through 700m of 

rock-laden ground – and that was just the beginning. It was a 

colossal, family effort that saw Mt Dobson come into being, 

with hard graft central to the mission’s success (page 17). 

Following in his forefather’s footsteps, Ben Wilson set his 

sights beyond the shores of New Zealand but never lost 

his connection to the land. A fateful meeting with Amanda 

Dorset set them on a journey that would see them achieve 

greatness together – taking Kiwi sheepskin from Wānaka to 

far-reaching continents (p. 27). 

In Lyttelton, heaven and earth – or a 1.3-tonne rock – had 

to be shifted in order to achieve landscaping excellence. 

Hard graft has its rewards, with the team that worked on 

this project coming away with industry accolades for their 

perseverance (p. 23). 

Do you have roadblocks in your path? Roll up your sleeves 

and use some elbow grease. The achievement is that much 

greater when you’ve done it yourself. 

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In this issue 

Regulars 

10 NEWSFEED 

74 WIN WITH STYLE 

Gorgeous skincare and 

makeup gift sets & more 

Entertainment 

64 BOOK NOOK 

New releases & the winner 

of our reader reviews 

66 GO-GO GADGETS 

Kontiki fishing and a 

retro-style fridge 

68 WHERE IN THE WORLD? 

Guess this mystery location 

71 SEE BE SEEN 

Were you at this 

month’s soirées? 

Features 

17 PETER’S ROAD 

Creating the Mt Dobson 

legacy 

23 REWILD 

A Lyttelton backyard that 

evokes a wild retreat 

27 TALES OF NATURE 

Connecting the world 

to Wānaka through 

sheepskin 

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39 INNER WARMTH 

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Fashion & Wellbeing 

54 TRIED & TESTED 

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56 KEEP GLOWING 

How to nourish skin as the 

weather cools down 

60 SEASONAL APPEAL 

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62 NEUTRAL TERRITORY 

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52 WHISKY BY DEGREE 

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Style | Feature 17 

The road 

It takes about 20 minutes to drive up the road to Mt Dobson Ski Area. 

And every inch of that road was created by a man who, despite reams of red tape 

and financial constraints, was determined to build a ski field. 

Words Shelley Robinson 

ABOVE: Mt Dobson Ski Area becomes a playground in winter, but the story of creating it 

rests on the determination of one man and his family. Photo: Supplied

18 Style | Feature 

CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT: Peter and his late wife Shirley at Mt Dobson; Despite being “retired”, you’ll likely find Peter still up on 

Mt Dobson during the ski season; From humble beginnings, Mt Dobson Ski Area has grown into a modern playground for skiers; 

An aerial view of the ski area, perhaps as Peter may have seen it when he first spied it from a farmer’s plane in the 1970s; 

Mt Dobson attracts skiers from around the country; Peter and Shirley taking a break with a cuppa. Photos: Supplied


It must have been quite a sight around the Fairlie area 

in 1976. 

People knew from the newspapers that Peter Foote 

and his bulldozers were up to something up there on 

the hill – actually, there’d been a fair bit of controversy. 

Now they could see him inching into sight as he and his 

workers crawled up the hill, creating a road that would 

lead to what would be known as Mt Dobson Ski Area. 

“Before that they couldn’t see me and were probably 

saying, ‘What’s that silly fool up to?’” chuckles Peter. 

It took him, with his three bulldozers and drivers, 

seven months just to cut through a 700m, rocky, steep 

part of the road. But once they got through that, Peter 

knew the next 5–6km would be “easy going”. 

The physical part of cutting the road was the easy 

part. A man and his machine can get a lot done, but a 

man up against a bureaucratic machine can achieve far 

less. When Peter came up with the idea of establishing 

the Mt Dobson Ski Area, he found himself doing a merry 

dance around government departments. But Peter was 

not deterred by such things. If anything, it simply fuelled 

his resolve. So, he sent a telegram to the then South 

Canterbury MP Rob Talbot to sort things out. 

“Everybody had their finger in the pie but no one 

had the authority to say yes, so I went to him to get the 

consent started and he took it to Wellington,” says Pete. 

That was the first hurdle. But back then, there were 

catchment boards, which had the purpose of minimising 

and preventing damage to land by floods and erosion. 

However, if you ask Peter what their purpose was, he 

may have a vastly more colourful answer for you. 

Suffice to say, he says, they “kept shifting the 

goal posts”. 

“Because they were convinced I couldn’t do it,” he 

explains. “They wanted extra work done and I had to 

do an extra planting of 26,000 trees. I was accused of 

causing erosion in the newspaper and all these sorts 

of things.” 

But again, instead of dissuading him, it had the 

opposite effect. 

“It was never on the drawing board to stop. We were 

going to do this, even if it was going to kill me.” 

More than 45 years later, as he recounts the story, 

you hear the steely determination in his voice. You 

almost feel sorry for the bureaucrats. Almost. 

BEFORE THE ROAD 

Peter Foote was a young man who loved machines and 

was not really all that fond of the “boring weekends” in 

Timaru, where he lived. 

On one of his weekend expeditions with the Scouts, 

he visited Fairlie’s Fox Peak Ski Area and after a few visits 

found himself roped into being on the committee. At 

that time, he was an apprentice with Massey Ferguson 

tractors, so his skills up on the hill, where tractors ran 

rope tows, were invaluable. 

Ask him what his fondest memories were of that 

time and he’ll give you a list of machinery – the valve 

on the petrol motor that drove the ski tow that he 

fixed; the international tractor with steel wheels he 

used to get up the hill; an old Bedford truck the work 

parties used; and the wartime bulldozer he bought for 

$600 to build the top half of the road. 

Peter and his family moved to Fairlie into a house 

bought off a farmer for $300, in which sheep had been 

the previous inhabitants. By that stage, he and his wife 

Shirley had two children, Richard and Allan, while the 

youngest, Bruce, was born there in 1973. 

It was during this time that Peter decided to build his 

own ski field. He had been running Fox Peak for about 

three years and was getting itchy to create a ski field his 

way – without the input of a committee. 

A local farmer took him up in his airplane to scout the 

area and he pinpointed the basin that would become Mt 

Dobson Ski Area. And after four years of red tape, he 

finally got the green flag in 1976 to begin work. 

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THE BROTHERS AND THEIR ‘TONKA’ TOYS 

If you ask Bruce Foote and his brothers who built the 

road, they’ll tell you they did. 

“I’ve got this memory of me and my two brothers, 

with our Tonka toys up on the road. We’ve always 

maintained we built the road with our Tonka toys – it 

wasn’t our father,” he chuckles. 

School holidays were spent camping by the road, so 

Peter could get straight to work. 

“We had two caravans: one my parents slept in and 

the other one my mother did the cooking in. Then my 

brothers and I slept in a hut that had no door on it 

– every time it blew, you would have to snuggle down 

into your sleeping bag. Occasionally, possums would visit 

you in the middle of the night,” he says. 

Then he recalls the story of the “best toilet with the 

best view”. 

“You had to sort of go over the bank and climb 

down a fence to get to it, but you had a view across 

South Canterbury while you did your business!” Bruce 

is speaking more quickly now, as if the young boy in him 

has come alive once again. 

The road was a family effort. Shirley made 700 culvert 

pipes for the 70 culverts discovered on the road. 

Though times were hard financially, Peter always 

found a way, doing his own tractor repairs and earning 

enough to resume work on the road. 

Bruce remembers the day the ski field opened. 

“A lot of people turned up because this crazy bugger 

had spent four years building this road up the side of a 

mountain and wanted to see what was at the end of it 

that he was so hell-bent on doing!” 

NEARLY ‘OUT THE BACK DOOR’ 

Peter had proven he could navigate the obstacles thrown 

at him. But the 1980s were determined to test him. 

There were two terrible ski seasons in 1987 and 1988, 

he says. On top of this, the family had to pay back a 

large loan they had used to put in a platter lift, which 

had an interest rate of 26.5 per cent. 

“They were pretty desperate times,” he says. 

He picked up some work putting in a water scheme 

and another job clearing tracks, while Shirley worked at 

a shop in the township. Bruce remembers his parents 

pumping the petrol out of the tanks up on the ski field 

and selling it to local transport companies to try to keep 

food on the table. 

“The community was raising funds for us, so this place 

didn’t go out the back door. Food was arriving at the 

back door to tide us over,” says Peter. 

Finally, it arrived. The “freak season” that was 1989. 

“There was no snow down south and these 

Aucklanders, who had flow down to Queenstown to 

find there was no snow there, came to us. We had a 

record season and we paid off our debt.” 

Peter vowed never to take out a loan again. 

ABOVE: Peter hard at work creating the road to Mt Dobson Ski Area with his trusty bulldozer. 

It took 10,000 hours to create the access road. Photos: Supplied


THE LEGACY 

Shirley was an integral part of the Mt Dobson Ski 

Area. From building the culvert pipes to helping 

Peter run the ski field, including the ticket office, she 

is woven into the very fabric of this story. 

In 2001, Shirley died age 57 of cancer. You can 

hear the slight catch in Peter’s voice as he says it. 

“It was very sad,” he murmurs. 

Peter, faced with running the ski field by himself, 

looked to sell. 

“After she died, there was a lot of pressure. 

I couldn’t do it on my own. But then the boys 

approached me and said they wouldn’t mind having 

a go running it,” he says. 

Bruce is now general manager and Allan a board 

director. Richard, having seemingly picked up his 

father’s knack for machines, is a diesel mechanic on 

the West Coast. (Actually, all three boys are handy 

with machines – Bruce was a panel beater and Allan 

an engineer. Must have been those Tonka toys.) 

Peter has “retired”. But, in truth, he’ll never be 

parted from his road and his machines. Once he’s 

hung up the phone, he’ll be off up there again, to 

improve the carriageway, he says. During the ski 

season, Bruce can’t drive two snow groomers, so 

he’s the “back-up driver”. 

You can’t separate that man from his road, 

chuckles Bruce. 

“He’s a bit of a stubborn bugger, but he’s got 

where he is because of it. Once he started the 

process and dug over the first bit of dirt on the 

road, there was no going back.” 

Ask Bruce how he feels about what his father has 

achieved and he’ll say without hesitation: pride. 

“It is a lifetime’s achievement – it really is,” 

says Bruce. 

So if you pop up to Mt Dobson this ski season, 

make sure to take a long look at the road that took 

Peter and his bulldozers 10,000 hours to build. See 

if you can visualise the spot where Bruce and his 

brothers played with their Tonka toys, the culverts 

complete with Shirley’s pipes, and the ‘bathroom’ 

with a view. Because in every nook and cranny of 

that road there is a memory to be found – all linked 

to the family who created a lasting legacy on a hill, 

so people have a place to play in winter. 

ABOVE: Peter and his family have created a place where families can enjoy skiing in 

beautiful surroundings. Photo: Supplied

EXTERNAL AFFAIRS 

with Tim Goom 

Outdoor Living: 

Keeping warm in the cold 

It’s that time of year when beautiful autumnal hues 

come to life outdoors, just as temperatures start to 

drop and make the indoors entirely more inviting. 

With the right design, chilly weather doesn’t mean you have to be 

stuck inside- planning your outdoor space for warmth and shelter 

enables you to optimise your outdoor space, whatever the season. 

Canterbury is awash in colour but the Southern Lakes are particularly 

renowned for lighting up the panoramic views with a gold to fiery 

red pallet at this time of year. At Goom Landscapes, we’re excited to 

have highly skilled teams on the ground in both locations to create the 

perfect outdoor space for the site and the environment. 

Although Christchurch has the prevailing easterly to cope with, in 

Wanaka and Queenstown specialised design and construction is 

vital to contend with the more extreme weather conditions. A fully 

enclosed outdoor room will afford you the ultimate protection from 

the outdoors, but there are plenty of less costly options to get the 

most out of your space. Things to consider: 

• Site orientation – North facing will capture heat naturally but if your 

outdoor space doesn’t allow for this, positioning the space to minimise 

the impact of wind will help significantly with heat retention. 

A particularly successful project our team completed in Wanaka 

involved constructing a sunken entertaining area, with a gas fire at the 

centre of the table. The views were maintained but the heat robbing 

wind was held at bay. The concrete 

seating included internal heating, so 

even the backsides were kept warm! 

• Shelter- the options are endless. 

Heat can escape outwards and 

upwards so creating a barrier to 

keep the heat in the space will help 

you stay snug. Fences, block walls 

and glass balustrades are all good 

options- but hedging and shrubs will 

also work. Louvres, a roof or even 

an overhead awning will prevent 

precious degrees escaping upwards. 

by Goom 

• Heat source- obviously the most fundamental element to keeping 

you warm outdoors will be your heating. Whether fire, gas or 

electric, the heating you choose will also create an inviting ambience 

which will draw visitors outside. Gas and electric have the benefit 

of creating instant heat, but some purists consider nothing beats the 

crackle of a roaring wood fuelled fire (although it does require a little 

more time and planning). Outdoor fires come in an array of styles, 

or can be a bespoke feature- but there are plenty of more discreet 

heating options if you don’t want to distract from your view. Electric 

strip heaters, fire tables and heated seating/underfloor seating are 

all becoming popular options. On a more practical level, containing 

heating within concrete driveways is a fantastic option to prevent ice 

when things are really getting cold. 

Once the perfect outdoor space has been created to contain heat and 

keep you warm, all that remains is to choose your soft furnishings to 

further create an inviting warm aesthetic. Sheepskins, lap rugs, cushions 

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retreating indoors. 

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Sanctuary escape 

A place of retreat created in a Lyttelton backyard. 

Photos Hillary K Photography 

ABOVE: Nature and nurture meet to create a place of relaxation and conversation in Christchurch.


It looks harmless enough, a rock 

sitting languidly at the foot of a spa 

pool. But before it came to be here 

in this Lyttelton backyard, it caused 

a fair bit of ruckus. It turns out there 

is no easy way to move a 1.3-tonne 

rock – especially on the signature 

narrow streets of Christchurch’s 

harbour town. 

“The crane was pretty maxed out 

– it kept screaming, ‘Overloaded, 

overloaded!’” says landscaper and 

director of Sculptural Landscapes 

Jon Russell. 

“Then we had to manpower it 

across to the other side – it took a 

bit of effort.” 

It feels like a bit of an 

understatement – it took four of his 

team to move it “inch by inch” by 

putting it on timbers. 

But it was well worth the effort. 

Not only does the garden evoke 

the feelings of the tranquillity and 

rustic earthiness of the West Coast, 

but it won Jon and his team a gold 

medal at the recent Landscapes of 

Distinction Awards. 

The landscape architect behind 

the project, Land Arch’s Dan Rivers, 

said it was a well-deserved win for 

Sculptural Landscapes. 

“Total respect to these guys 

– often we’ll say if you get 80 per 

cent there with the design vision you 

are doing really well. So it is really 

nice when the space feels like you 

thought it would,” he says. 

The space was a grassed area with 

a trampoline, but it had a Zen garden 

heart, and the rock played a large 

part in that, Dan says. 

“It is like it has landed out of the 

sky, like islands – just like in a raked 

Zen garden area,” he says. 

He designed it so the rock didn’t 

feel like it was placed, but rather 

that the concrete washed up 

against it. 

As the area is long and linear, Dan 

used circles to break it up. You can 

see it woven through the design, 

from the shape of the spa pool 

and its concrete foundation to the 

round tables made of repurposed 

kwila decking. 

Dan has experience with spas and 

hot pools – he designed the Franz 

Josef Glacier Hot Pools and the 

Ōpuke Thermal Pools and Spa in 

Methven, and his preference is for the 

“pure” circular spa pool shape (rather 

than a square shape) as it evokes the 

feeling of a European hot tub. 

The use of repurposed materials 

by Jon and his team has cemented 

the identity of this outdoor space. 

Repurposed coat hooks (that those 

of a certain age will remember 

in school cloakrooms) are where 

towels can hang, and the tables 

and shelves made from the kwila 

decking invite in a glass or two of 

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was created from a piece of the old 

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depths of the wilderness, where 

there is a hot pool and a place 

to fully surrender to nature. But 

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ABOVE: Landscape architect Dan Rivers prefers a circular-shaped spa pool due to its “pure” shape.


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A natural connection 

The story started with a jetboat crash and an enamel teapot, and it has forged 

a partnership deeply connected to Wānaka’s natural environment. 

Words Shelley Robinson 

ABOVE: Amanda Dorset and Ben Wilson are in the business of lounging around. 

Photo: Jodie James


You sense Amanda Dorset and Ben Wilson are 

the couple you’ll find yourself talking to long after 

the campfire has turned into embers. The Wānaka 

husband and wife have a sense of ease about them – of 

conversation, enjoying life and having a good laugh 

in between. 

The founders of Wilson & Dorset, creators of luxury 

sheepskin homewares, are at their Dublin Bay home and 

bantering at each other over how they met. 

“You invited yourself to one of my parties!” This from 

Ben, who doesn’t sound at all like he minded. After all, 

it was a party that not only spurred a relationship but 

a business. 

While the duo knew of each other when they 

attended high school in Canterbury – Rangi Ruru Girls’ 

School for Amanda and Christ’s College for Ben – it 

wasn’t until their mid-30s that they met up once again. 

The party was to celebrate a development Ben, his 

brother and a friend had completed on the West Coast. 

Amanda was working for Icebreaker in Auckland and hit 

the road with three friends to find the party at a little 

out-of-the-way place called Hannah’s Clearing, about 

20km south of Haast. 

And technically, Amanda didn’t invite herself to Ben’s 

party – her friend asked Ben if it was okay first. 

As the three women wandered along to the beach 

party, they spotted something a bit out of the ordinary 

for them. 

“There was a chopper overhead with something 

dangling from the bottom of it. It was some sort of beast. 

And I was going, ‘Oh my god, this is actually the wild 

west,’” says Amanda, laughing. 

It was, says Ben, a proper West Coast party. Something 

had indeed been shot earlier in the day, while crayfish 

had been harvested off the boat and the brews were 

steady. And then there were the yarns – which is how 

Ben got Amanda’s attention. 

“He told the story around this ridiculous jetboat ride. 

He had gone up beyond the spot where normally people 

don’t go because it’s too treacherous. And it all went to 

custard,” says Amanda. “There is a video of the jetboat 

going over this massive boulder. It looks like the jetboat 

is driving itself because Ben had been jettisoned into the 

passenger side and the jetboat was airborne. And the next 

shot is the jetboat being choppered out of the river...” 

“Ah, that wasn’t that time – that was another time,” 

Ben interrupts, slightly sheepishly. 

“Oh, that was another time,” agrees Amanda. “Anyway, 

I was like, he was this quiet shy, quite sweet guy at school 

and little did I know he was a rugged, outdoors type who 

enjoys making the most of nature – a bit of an action man. 

So it did pique my interest at that point.” 

“That was all before kids. Then everything ground 

to a halt,” adds Ben quickly, in case we think he is still 

attempting to fly jetboats. 

However, the relationship was cemented when they 

saw each other a few months later at a New Year’s 

Eve event at Minaret Station. It was one of those grand 

evenings where all the nice drinks are gone so naturally 

you start mixing the leftovers in an old enamel teapot, 

says Amanda. 

West Coast, hunting, cocktail mixing in a teapot – you 

don’t get much more Kiwi than that. 

CURATING CONNECTION 

After that sort of beginning, it comes as no surprise that 

connectedness through the medium of nature is at the 

very core of Wilson & Dorset. 

ABOVE: Amanda, Ben and their family live in Dublin Bay, where they take inspiration 

every day from the natural environment. Photo: Rachael McKenna


“There are people living all around the world who 

are quite disconnected from nature. They are living in 

central city apartments and we’re exceptionally lucky 

we are sitting here in Dublin Bay looking over the lake 

– you get a more stunning view really,” says Ben. 

However, introduce something to those apartments, 

that is truly from nature, which you can touch, and it 

recreates the feeling of nature, says Amanda. 

She refers to the biophilia hypothesis, as per 

American biologist Edward O. Wilson, who believes 

humans seek to be connected to nature. 

“I think that’s what we don’t really realise. When 

we go for our walk along the beach or in the forest 

or are lounging on sheepskin, compared to something 

synthetic, your body feels good. It’s quite a primal 

thing,” she says. 

Wilson & Dorset’s sheepskin products, including 

rugs, stone sets and beanbags, encourage ‘lounging’ 

– transforming formal spaces into places of supreme 

enjoyment. 

“We spend so much time at our computers; we 

are locked into this sitting position at our desk and 

then we go home and sit in our armchairs. We 

replace one static seating situation for another. But 

if you have a lounging rug or stones to lounge on 

– to read a book or play on – it is very good for our 

bodies,” says Amanda. 

“One of our customers, early in the piece, had a 

beautiful living space with a tile floor and they just 

didn’t use the space. He bought a lounging rug and 

what he found was he was suddenly reading the paper 

on the floor – he hadn’t done that in 30 to 40 years,” 

adds Ben. 

THE WILSON LEGACY 

A small advertisement appeared in the Otago Daily 

Times in August1881. Robert Wilson (1832–99) 

offered to subscribe £100 on the condition 19 others 

subscribed a similar amount to “test the playability of 

the industry” of sending frozen sheep meat to Britain. 

That man was also Ben’s great-great grandfather. As 

a result, the New Zealand Refrigerating Co Ltd was 

formed, with Robert as one of the original directors. 

“They didn’t end up being the first – they were the 

second shipment, it was a bit of a race at the time. It 

was the beginnings of the sheep meat industry – they 

were already sending wool at that stage, but sending 

frozen things was an enormous feat and the height of 

technology at the time,” says Ben. 

Sheepskin and meat, in some form or the other, 

have been in the Wilson family ever since. One of 

Ben’s earliest memories of sheepskin comes from the 

carpet in the living room of the Taieri farmhouse, near 

Dunedin, in which he grew up. 

“My father was involved in the trade back then. It 

wasn’t carpet, it was sheepskin cut up into pieces and 

fixed to the floor. I always remember this luxurious, 

curly carpet; this sheepskin,” he says. 

Ben’s father, the late Robert Wilson, and his 

exporting and consultancy company Robert Wilson 

Ltd, also helped set up a sheepskin tannery in 

Xuanhua, China, with Auskin Group and an up-andcoming 

Dunedin tanner, Leroy Parker. 

“In 1997, Dad arranged for Leroy, a Port Chalmers 

lad who had never travelled at that stage, to live in 

Inner Mongolia and help build the tannery. They 

commissioned the new tannery in three months – an 

incredible achievement given Leroy did not speak a 

word of Mandarin when he arrived,” says Ben. 

Not only does Leroy still remain with the Auskin 

factory as technical director, but the close familylike 

relationship remains. Amanda and Ben use the 

factory as their manufacturer, plus they have a small 

shareholding in the factory. 

Amanda and Ben wanted to fly the New Zealand 

wool flag around the world, but they also wanted to 

connect to our natural surroundings. To do that, they 

needed to do things differently. 

AVOIDING PERFECTION 

Things looked too perfect. That was what Ben noticed 

in his pre-Wilson & Dorset days, when he was working 

with retailers in Asia selling sheepskin products. 

“I’d see sheepskin in the store and right next 

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door would be a synthetic product. Those synthetic 

producers were working really hard to make their 

product look natural,” he says. 

Ben concluded sheepskin was being overengineered 

and over-processed to the extent they 

almost “looked synthetic”. 

“The character had been stripped out of it. Wilson & 

Dorset is about taking the material back to its natural 

character and not stripping it away.” 

At the same time, Amanda was working for 

Icebreaker as the New Zealand merino story was 

gaining traction, led by founder Jeremy Moon. 

After witnessing the power of storytelling and simple 

but good design, Amanda combined her knowledge 

with Ben’s and the concept was born around being 

innovative with sheepskin, about taking the product 

and linking to something both were passionate about 

– Wānaka and New Zealand’s natural environment. 

“That connection to place was always quite 

important. The brand, aside from reconnecting people 

to nature, is vicariously enabling them to connect with 

place – Wānaka, the people, the place, the lifestyle,” 

says Ben. 

And so now you will find Wilson & Dorset lounging 

rugs and products in homes, lodges and mansions in 

Los Angeles, London, Copenhagen, Russia and Paris. 

On one memorable occasion, an overseas visitor 

from Paris saw one of Wilson & Dorset’s rugs at a 

luxury lodge in Wānaka and decided they needed 

one immediately. 

“They didn’t have time to pop into the shop so a 

helicopter met us at Glendhu [Bay] and we threw in 

four products, in different colours, and it flew back to 

them to make their decision. They couldn’t make a 

decision so they took all four,” says Amanda. 

While the business is exploring global markets in a 

formal way, it has not lost its connectedness – both to 

people and nature. 

“People walk into the store and see this pure, 

beautiful New Zealand wool product and we just sit 

and chat on beanbags. You’re just sitting and yarning to 

people about their lives and then they take something 

home with them that is a lovely reminder of the 

experience they had in Wānaka,” says Amanda. 

At the end of the day, Amanda and Ben are just two 

people who love a good chat, a life of ease and the 

place in which they live. And now they share it with 

the world. 

ABOVE: Ben and Amanda’s products invite the natural environment into people’s 

homes through the use of sheepskin. Photo: Mickey Ross

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Creating your bedroom jungle! 

Step 1: Add Lush plants to your bedroom 

Step 2: Add pretty baskets and pots to home your plants 

Step 3: Relax and inhale that clean, fresh air! 

It doesn’t have to be hard to bring the tranquil feel of a lush jungle in to your room. Start with easy care plants 

such as ‘ZZ’ or ‘Peace lily’ and then let your imagination run wild from tall indoor trees such as a ‘Rubber Plant’, to 

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Style | Gardening 35 

Boudoir boosters 

These bedroom companions may actually help boost your sleep. 

Words Sue Witteman 

ABOVE: A hardy foliage plant, like Sansevieria, adds stress-free style – as long as it doesn’t mess with your feng shui!

36 Style | Gardening 

Plants are brilliant in a bedroom. Apart from 

the fact they produce oxygen during the day 

so you go to bed in an oxygen-rich environment, 

they add a calming atmosphere to the room. 

And, of course, they do that sucking-the-nastychemicals-out-of-the-air 

thing of which we are all 

now aware. 

GOOD BEDROOM COMPANIONS 

Hydrangeas, azaleas and cyclamen 

enjoy the cooler temperature of a 

bedroom, and this cooler atmosphere 

also helps to prolong their flowering 

time. For a splash of exuberant colour, 

try a begonia, hibiscus or cheerful 

potted chrysanthemum. Potted-up 

annuals can also be used as shortterm 

flowering bedroom plants for a 

few weeks, with the idea they will be 

discarded when flowering has finished. 

Consider using Primula obconica, 

P. malacoides or Impatiens species. 

If you have a particularly sunny 

bedroom or windowsill, you could try 

a lavender plant or two as it is known 

to be a remedy for sleeplessness; it’s 

also a handy moth repellent. 

Because the bedroom is a lessused 

space than the front room, 

it would be wise to consider how 

often you will notice your plants. 

If you feel you may neglect them, 

choose more forgiving plants such as 

Aspidistra elatior, called the cast-iron 

plant for obvious reasons. I have five 

big pots of these that can be used 

just about anywhere in the house, 

including the guest bedroom. They 

make a good ‘emergency’ filler plant. 

Also forgiving is Epipremnum aureum 

(golden pothos), which makes a good 

plant to hang off a shelf or use in a 

plant hanger. A basket or bowl with 

a few ivy plants in it would be simple 

to achieve. If you have a sunny 

bedroom or windowsill, you could 

consider using easy-care succulents. 

I like the idea of using softer, more 

rounded foliage in the bedroom 

rather than sharp-edged spiky plants; 

it just seems more conducive to 

relaxation. Maybe that is a kickback to 

the feng shui period I went through 

years ago when, apparently, swordshaped-leaved 

plants gave off the 

wrong sort of energy. 

Bedrooms are often shadier rooms, 

so this will steer your choice of plants. 

If you can commit to watering and 

misting, then ferns would look lovely; 

they would like the cooler bedroom 

air more than the drier air in a hot 

living room. If you were looking to 

have just one or two plants, then a 

sizeable palm such as a Kentia palm 

(Howea forsteriana) would look 

handsome, as would a small ‘tree’, 

such as a weeping fig (Ficus benjamina) 

or a Fatsia japonica (particularly the 

good-looking variegated one). But 

try out different plants, as long as 

you think about their heat, light and 

humidity requirements. 

BE ATTENTIVE TO THEIR NEEDS 

Keep a small watering can in the 

bedroom/en suite for top-up 

waterings – and perhaps a small pair 

of secateurs or scissors for any repair 

work. Every so often, plants could 

be put in the bath or shower for a 

good dousing. Repot or top-dress as 

needed. Liquid feed regularly or use 

a long-term fertiliser for container 

plants. Turn the plants occasionally to 

avoid lop-sided growth. 

One of the advantages to having 

plants in your bedroom is that you 

can do what you want as it will mainly 

be you who sees it. There will be no 

judgement – it could even be in ‘bad 

taste’ – it doesn’t matter, as long as 

you enjoy it. Choose your boudoir 

plants to suit yourself and your plantgrowing 

capabilities. 

ABOVE FROM LEFT: Indoor plants can offer attractive flower power as well as oxygenate the room; 

Annuals, such as Primula obconica, can add a short-term bust of colour to your bedroom.

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ABOVE FROM LEFT: Opt for more robust plants, such as the cast-iron plant (Aspidistra elatior), if you feel you may neglect your bedroom plants; 

Try a small indoor tree, like this weeping fig (Ficus benjamina), if you want a statement plant rather than a range of smaller options.

The heat is on 

Which heat source is right for you? Interior designer Michelle Laming has the 

quick guide to your heating options, alongside some new trends. 

Style | Home 39


Winter is nipping at our toes, and with it 

comes the need to heat our homes. There 

are many things to consider if you are building 

or considering a change, and right at the top of 

the list is heat efficiency. Depending on your 

preference, you may like to have a main source 

of heating teamed with an auxiliary form. For 

example, some people like the ambience of a gas 

or wood fire and then supplement it with a heat 

pump. Or perhaps you prefer a single source of 

heat. Whatever your preference, it pays to know 

what different forms are on offer, so let’s take a 

closer look at some of the options. 

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Heat that permeates 

Log fires are still a very popular 

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especially when teamed with a 

heat transfer kit in the roof cavity. 

The only drawback for some is 

that wood can be messy and 

bothersome. But, if you like the 

romance and aesthetic of a real 

fire with a stack of logs beside it, 

it’s a lovely thing to have. 

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New trends in heat pumps 

Heat pumps still lead the way to create 

warmth with little effort. They can be 

installed on the wall, but there is now a 

trend for them to be installed into the roof 

cavity, with a remote panel to control what 

room you want to heat or cool down. 

Dual source heat pumps (DSHP) can 

draw heat from either the air or the ground, 

depending on which is most efficient at 

the time, making it far more effective than 

traditional heat pump models. New heat 

pumps are also built with ‘dual-speed’ 

or ‘variable-speed’ motors to maximise 

comfort and electricity savings. 

Heat pumps work most efficiently when 

left on at an optimal heat (something we 

struggle with) and are excellent as a single 

heat source. They also work well as an 

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Can gas fires be efficient? 

If you want the flame and visual aspects 

of a fire but without the wood, gas fires 

are great. A fan is normally in the unit to 

help get the best movement of air and 

heat through your home. 

If you are leaning towards the gas 

option, you need to consider the location 

of installation, the size of the room versus 

heat output, and whether you want to 

use bottled or natural gas. A glass front is 

a must for efficient heat output. 

One of the misconceptions about gas 

fires is how much they cost to run. To 

make sure you are getting an efficient 

fireplace, look for its Energy Rating Label. 

They are the ones with the stars, and the 

more stars the better. Also, look for a 

direct vent system (a traditional gas fire 

uses indoor air for combustion, while a 

direct vent uses outdoor air). A direct 

vent system can make a fire up to 95 per 

cent more efficient. 

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Underfloor 

Underfloor heating can be in-slab 

(the foundation of the home), 

where pipes are laid on polystyrene 

insulation or attached to the 

reinforcing mesh, or on top of the 

slab (under the carpet, timber or 

tiles). It can be electric or waterheated. 

For maximum heating 

effectiveness on top of the slab, I 

would highly recommend insulation 

boards that push the heat up to the 

surface and not into the slab, thereby 

saving on heating costs. 

Under-tile heating is the best for 

tiles or stone, as they have a high 

thermal conductivity – the heat from 

the underfloor heating wire transfers 

to the floor surface quickly.

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Lamb, Kūmara & 

Spinach Coconut Curry 

Suggested beer match: McLeod’s Paradise Pale Ale — 

has lovely fruity hop character that works in harmony 

with the spices and enough oomph to cut through the 

rich flavours. 

Serves 4-6 Prep time 10mins | Cooking time 6¼ hours 

Skill level Easy as 

INGREDIENTS 

4 lamb shoulder chops 

2 Tbsp Pams Pure Flour 

2 onions, finely sliced 

1 Tbsp Pams Mild Curry Powder 

1 tin Pams Coconut Milk 

600g orange kūmara, peeled and cut into chunks 

120g baby spinach leaves 

METHOD 

1. Preheat the slow cooker to low. Remove any excess 

fat from the lamb shoulder chops. Dust the chops 

with the flour. 

2. Heat a splash of oil in a frying pan and brown the 

lamb pieces on each side. Set aside. 

3. In the same pan add the onion and fry until soft, 

add the curry powder, stir well, add the coconut 

milk, ½ cup water and the salt, then pour into the 

slow cooker. 

4. Add the kūmara, cover with the lamb pieces, and 

cook on low for 6 hours or until tender. 

5. Add the spinach and allow to wilt, then serve. 

TOP TIP 

This is delicious served with rice or roti. Add some 

chopped chilli to the mix if you prefer things a little spicy! 

Chicken Katsu with Super 

Slaw & Sesame Dressing 

Suggested beer match: Steinlager Tokyo Dry — 

the simplicity of this dish requires a beer that won’t 

overwhelm it so go for this seamless cleansing lager. 

Serves 4-5 Prep time 15mins | Cooking time 25mins 


TOP TIP 

Serve with white or brown rice and drizzle some of your 

favourite sauce over the katsu chicken. Try chipotle mayo, 

sriracha sauce, tomato sauce or sweet chilli sauce. 

INGREDIENTS 

500g skinless chicken breast 

½ cup Pams Pure Plain Flour 

2 Pams Free Range Mixed Grade Eggs, lightly beaten 

2 cups Pams Panko Crumbs 

2 Tbsp sesame seeds 

2 Tbsp sesame oil 

3 Tbsp apple cider or rice vinegar 

1 tsp sugar 

½ packet Pams Superfoods Super Slaw 

METHOD 

1. Slice the chicken horizontally, then cut each piece 

into 3 lengths. 

2. Put the flour, eggs and panko crumbs into separate 

bowls. Add salt and pepper to the flour bowl. Dip 

the chicken pieces in the flour, then the egg and 

finally into the panko crumbs, pressing well to 

ensure they’re covered. Set aside on a tray until 

ready to cook. 

3. To make the dressing for the slaw, heat a wide frying 

pan over a medium heat and add the sesame seeds. 

Cook for a few minutes until golden and toasted. Put 

aside in a small bowl. When cool, add the sesame oil, 

vinegar, sugar and 1 tablespoon olive oil and season 

with salt and pepper to taste. Set aside. 

4. Add a generous splash of oil to the pan and over a 

medium heat add the crumbed chicken (you may 

need to do this in batches). Cook for 3-4 minutes on 

each side or until golden. Drain on paper towels. 

5. Mix the slaw with the sesame seed dressing and 

serve with the chicken.

Vegan Thai 

Pumpkin Soup 

Suggested beer match: Urbanaut Miami Brut Lager — 

the beer is light and dry so will play nicely against the 

texture of the soup and the bright hops work well with 

the Thai spices. 

TOP TIP 

Garnish with some toasted coconut chips and fresh lime 

or coriander. Roasting the pumpkin adds great flavour, but 

you can also add chopped pumpkin straight to the pot 

with the stock and cook until soft. 

Before roasting, scoop the pumpkin seeds out from the 

pumpkin and spread out on a separate baking tray. Toss 

with a tablespoon of curry paste and roast for 10 minutes. 

Sprinkle a few seeds over your soup for a crispy topping. 

Serves 6 Prep time 5mins | Cooking time 55mins 


INGREDIENTS 

1 medium-sized pumpkin 

1 large brown onion, roughly chopped 

2 Tbsp Thai red curry paste 

(make sure it’s vegan friendly!) 

2 Tbsp lemongrass 

1 litre Pams Vegetable Stock 

1 can Pams Coconut Cream 

METHOD 

1. Preheat the oven to 180°C. Cut the pumpkin in half, 

place onto a baking tray in the oven for 30 minutes 

or until tender. 

2. Add the onion to a large stock pot with the curry 

paste and some oil. Sauté on a medium high heat 

until the onion begins to soften and become fragrant. 

Add the lemongrass, stock and coconut cream. 

3. Scoop the pumpkin off the skin and add to the pot. 

Simmer for 15 minutes. Turn off the heat then leave 

to cool slightly and season well with salt and pepper. 

4. Using a stick blender, blend until smooth and creamy. 

Briefly reheat, then ladle into soup bowls to serve. 

Vietnamese Style 

Caramel Chicken 

Suggested beer match: Vietnamese food demands a 

Vietnamese beer and Some Sorcerer from Saigon’s Heart 

of Darkness has lovely tropical sweetness to complement 

this dish. 

Serves 4 Prep time 10mins | Cooking time 20mins 


INGREDIENTS 

8 chicken thighs, cut in half 

1 red onion, sliced 

2 cloves garlic 

1 tsp cracked black pepper 

¼ cup Pams Soy Sauce 

½ cup Pams Brown Sugar 

2 Tbsp fish sauce 

2 cups Pams Jasmine Rice, steamed 

4 bok choy, cut in half 

METHOD 

1. Add a splash of oil to a large fry pan over high 

heat and, working in batches, brown the chicken 

for a couple of minutes on each side, until golden. 

Remove from the pan and set aside. 

2. Reduce the heat to medium and add the red onion 

and garlic and cook, stirring occasionally until soft 

and translucent. 

3. Return the chicken to the pan and add the black 

pepper and soy sauce. Reduce the heat to low and 

leave to simmer for 5 minutes. 

4. Bring the heat back up to high and add the brown 

sugar, cook for 5 minutes, stirring occasionally until 

the sauce is thick and syrupy. Add the fish sauce and 

stir to combine. Remove from heat and serve with 

steamed rice and bok choy.


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Crispy Sweet Potato Gnocchi 

Thank me later. Golden and crispy on the outside, and warm and gooey on 

the inside: just how a good – no, great – gnocchi should be. 

Words Karen Fischer 

Style | Food 49

50 Style | Food 

SERVES 2 

PREPARATION TIME 

60 MINUTES 

COOKING TIME 

30 MINUTES 

INGREDIENTS 

2 medium sweet potatoes, scrubbed 

(about1½ cups when mashed) 

1 cup raw cashews 

½ cup tapioca starch or arrowroot starch 

1 tsp garlic powder 

¾–1 tsp quality sea salt 

oil (of your choice) 

Cashew Cream (see recipe opposite) 

SERVING SUGGESTION 

4 large courgettes (zucchini), spiralised or 

sliced into thin noodles 

½ cup red cabbage, washed and finely sliced 

fresh chives, washed and finely sliced 

RECIPE FROM 

The Healthy Skin Kitchen, 

by Karen Fischer and 

published by Exisle Publishing 

(RRP $37.99) 

METHOD 

1. If you have not already made the Cashew Cream (recipe 

opposite), soak 1 cup of cashews in hot water and set aside. 

2. Line two large baking trays with baking (parchment) paper and 

set aside. 

3. Bring a medium pot of water to the boil. 

4. Peel and cube the sweet potato, then add to the pot and boil 

until soft (about 15 minutes). Drain, then remove excess water 

with paper towels or a clean tea towel. Set aside to cool. 

5. Next, place a cup of raw cashews into a high-speed blender 

and pulse until the mixture resembles breadcrumbs or flour 

(do not excessively blend as it will turn into nut butter). Add 

the tapioca starch, garlic powder and salt, and briefly blend. 

Set aside. 

6. Place the sweet potato in a large flat-based bowl and mash, 

then stir a ¼ cup of the cashew flour mix into the mash. Add 

another ¼ cup of flour and knead together until the flour is 

well mixed in. Add the remaining flour as needed (the dough 

may be slightly sticky). Wrap the dough in some plastic wrap 

and place in the refrigerator to firm for about 10 minutes. 

7. While the dough is firming, make the Cashew Cream (if you 

haven’t already), and set aside in the refrigerator. 

8. Remove the dough and separate into three balls, and place one 

onto the lined baking tray. Roll it into a long snake-like piece 

about 1cm wide and then cut into gnocchi-sized pieces (about 

1cm x 2cm). Press individual pieces down lightly with a fork to 

make a pattern on the top. 

9. Repeat with the other two balls of dough, then set the gnocchi 

aside and leave to firm (about 10 minutes). 

10. While the gnocchi is firming, make the courgette noodles with 

a vegetable spiraliser, or peel courgette strips to create large, 

flat noodle shapes. Set aside. 

11. Place a large non-stick pan or skillet on a medium heat with a 

dash of oil and add half of the gnocchi to the pan, cooking until 

lightly browned (about 1–2 minutes on each side). Remove 

from the pan and set aside while you cook the rest of the 

gnocchi. 

12. Once the gnocchi is ready, add the courgette noodles and 

cabbage to the frying pan and heat for 1 minute, then place 

onto a serving dish or into two bowls. 

13. Place the gnocchi on top, drizzle with Cashew Cream and 

sprinkle with chives.

Style | Food 51 

Cashew Cream 

MAKES 1 BATCH 

PREPARATION TIME 15 minutes (plus soaking time) 

A drizzle of Cashew Cream makes savoury dishes look good and taste great. 

Use a squeezie sauce bottle to get the perfect drizzle every time. 

INGREDIENTS 

1 cup raw cashews, unsalted 

¾ cup filtered or spring water 

¼ tsp quality sea salt 

¼ tsp garlic powder (optional) 

METHOD 

1. Activation soaking method: if you have time, 

soak the cashews overnight in warm water 

to activate the cashews – ideally do not 

soak them for more than 6 hours. Quick 

soaking method: pour boiling water onto the 

cashews and soak them for about 30 minutes 

or until they are soft and swollen. 

2. After soaking, drain and rinse the cashews 

well using fresh water. Place them into a 

high-speed blender along with the water, salt 

and garlic powder, if using, and blend on high 

until smooth. 

3. Store in an airtight jar or squeezie sauce 

bottle in the refrigerator for up to four days.

52 Style | Drink 

Three cheers 

The table was set with a trio of whiskies, each a different tier of taste. 

Hayden Preece explains the difference. 

Words Kate Preece 

It is possible to spend a similar amount on two bottles of whisky yet return home with vastly 

different drams. We explore three rungs of the whisky ladder, from easy drinking for the 

beginner through to something more challenging for a discerning palate. 

Glenfarclas 105 Cask 

Strength 

At 60%, this one’s a real sinus-clearer. 

Almost tropical-citrus on the nose, 

it’s sharp right to the end – a stab to 

the throat. 

Expect tannins to prevail on the 

tongue. Think roaring hot cedar hot 

tub and how the wood smell leaches 

into the water. 

The wood flavours border on 

bitter and give way to peppered heat. 

Overwhelming to unconditioned 

taste buds, it opens up with a touch 

of water, if you’re that way inclined. 

The top of the table, it’s an 

example of a thinking man’s whisky. 

Nurse a glass and dismantle its 

complexity over an evening. Though 

daunting at the start, by the end you 

can really pick it apart. 

Oban 14 

This one triggered a memory that I struggled 

to put my finger on. It reminded me of 

root beer and the almond sweetness of 

marzipan. 

With lashings of butterscotch and salted 

caramel, a bitter note evens out the syruplike 

aroma. 

The taste is all fruit, like a toffee apple 

from a country fair. Roll it around the mouth 

for a bit of sweet melon. Then comes a 

waxy smokiness. 

A stereotypical Highland, this intermediate 

whisky is more refined, honing in on 

a singular flavour profile on the taste 

spectrum. It’s real back-of-the-tongue stuff. 

Penderyn Myth 

This Welsh single malt has a subtle buttery, 

banoffee pie nose – almost Werther’s 

Original. There’s a hint of overripe banana, a 

little like when you’ve left some bananas in 

the fruit basket, gone on holiday and a sticky 

brown mess has oozed onto the bench – but 

nothing that nasty. 

It’s a sweet whisky to drink, heavy on 

orange rinds and with a bourbon flavour. It 

seems unfinished; the palate is left wanting 

more but there’s nothing left to give. In saying 

that, its simplicity makes it a good introductory 

whisky that goes down smoothly.

54 Style | Beauty 

Tried and tested 

The Style team trial the latest beauty products. 

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to cover the face and neck, dosing you up with 

vitamin C, ceramides and AHA/BHA. Its scent 

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and the 100 per cent natural cream slips into 

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Style | Beauty 55 

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With a promise to reduce dark circles and smooth fine lines, 

New Zealand brand Glow Lab’s new eye serum has quite 

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extract) are tasked with the extra hard work, in this case 

boosting collagen and firming the complexion. Chamomile, 

aloe vera and jojoba oil soothe and hydrate in a product 

that has a refreshing smell and sinks into the skin with ease. 

Overall, expect something that slips easily into the beauty 

routine and feels like progress. 

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Abeeco Collagen + Bee 

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Ever since it was reported the 

Duchess of Cambridge, Kate 

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intrigued by it because, well, just 

look at her amazing skin. So I tried 

Abeeco’s combination of collagen 

and bee venom. This lightweight 

daily moisturiser has a slight hint of 

the bergamot scent and left my face 

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that my foundation would clash once 

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56 Style | Wellbeing 

Winter skin 

As the heating turns up, our skin starts to dry out. 

Naturopath Deanna Copland shares some recipes 

and tips to help keep your skin glowing. 

With cooler weather comes dry skin. In 

the South Island it is particularly dry 

as we have far less humidity than places like 

Auckland. And we all know how cold it can 

get down here – so up goes the heating and 

out goes the moisture from our skin. We 

don’t feel like rehydrating because we feel less 

like drinking cool water when it’s cold outside. 

However, we can still keep our skin 

hydrated and glowing with a few self-care tips. 

Yes to tea 

Keeping hydrated is important 

for skin health. Instead of 

having cold water, try different 

herbal teas. Any mother of 

young children will confirm 

that lukewarm tea is actually 

bearable. You can use tea 

bags or make your own. 

Grated ginger and some fresh 

lemongrass makes a nice 

brew, as does thyme leaves 

with fresh lemon juice and a 

little honey. 

Less irritation 

Natural washing powders are better for the 

environment and are also less irritating to the 

skin – especially if it’s dry. Supermarkets are now 

well stocked, with several options available.

Style | Wellbeing 57 

Sugar Scrub 

INGREDIENTS 

½ cup white or brown sugar 

½ cup coconut oil, melted 

a few drops of an essential oil 

(such as lavender or lemon) 

METHOD 

Simply mix all the ingredients 

together and pour into a small 

wide-mouthed jar with a lid. 

HOW TO USE 

Use one tablespoon, as needed, 

in the shower, scrubbing skin 

in a gently circular motion. The 

coconut oil will go solid in cold 

weather but if you leave it in the 

shower and apply it towards the 

end of your shower, it will have 

melted enough to use. 

DIY 

Slough off dead skin and moisturise it by making a 

scrub for use in the shower. Scrubs are easy to 

make and you can vary them by adding other ingredients 

like coffee grinds and different essential oils. 

PLEASE NOTE 

The shower floor may be greasy 

afterwards, so be careful. It can 

be wiped down with a white 

vinegar and orange essential oil 

spray to cut through the oil. 

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58 Style | Wellbeing 

Orange looks 

good on you 

Orange vegetables are a good 

source of beta carotene, which 

converts to vitamin A and helps 

with dry eyes and skin. Pumpkin, 

orange kūmara and carrots are 

all in season, so try to increase 

these in your diet. A carrot dip 

is great with plain rice cakes or 

vegetable sticks or even dolloped 

over the likes of a roast vegetable 

salad, falafel or a chicken breast. 

It includes warming spices such as 

ginger and cinnamon, which makes 

it a good one in the cooler months 

for digestion and circulation. 

Warming Carrot Dip 

INGREDIENTS 

3 medium carrots, scrubbed and sliced 

1 Tbsp olive/coconut oil 

1 Tbsp liquid honey 

1 Tbsp finely grated ginger 

1 tsp ground cumin 

½ tsp ground coriander 

¼ tsp cinnamon 

½ lemon juice 

1 clove garlic, chopped 

salt and freshly cracked pepper 

METHOD 

1. Preheat the oven to 200°C and line a 

tray with baking paper. 

2. Toss carrots with the oil, honey and 

spices and then season with salt. 

3. Roast for about 30 minutes until 

carrots are soft. 

4. Transfer carrots and any juices to a 

food processor. 

5. Add lemon juice and garlic and blitz 

until combined. Add 1–2 Tbsp water 

if consistency is too thick. Season to 

taste with salt and pepper. 

6. Store in a sealed container in the fridge 

for up to three days.

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62 Style | Fashion 

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MASISA 

CIVIDINI 

Don’t think neutral hues will have you disappearing into the woodwork. 

Create impact with clever layering, blocking and different textures.

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Wool Jacket Camel, $639 

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Paloma Skirt, 

Camel, $199 SILLS 

Kapua Wrap, $699 

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64 Style | Read 

The book nook 

A place to discover what deserves a spot in your TBR pile. 

NEW RELEASES 

Raft of Stars 

Andrew J. Graff 

(HQ Fiction, $32.99) 

Tired of seeing his best friend Dale Breadwin abused 

by his alcoholic father, Fischer Branson takes action. A 

gunshot rings out and Bread and Fish flee into the woods. 

They build a raft, but the river leads them into even 

greater danger. In their wake travel a group of adults 

– Sherriff Cal, aspiring poet Tiffany, Fish’s grandad, and 

his mother Miranda – each determined to save the boys 

from the terrors of Ironsford Gorge. 

My Darling Lemon Thyme: 

Every Day (NZ) 

Emma Galloway 

(HarperCollins $60) 

Spiced pumpkin snacking cake, mushroom and lentil 

lasagne, and roasted strawberry and ginger ‘ice cream’ are 

among the recipes in Emma Galloway’s third book from 

her home kitchen. A chef and mother of two, Emma has 

designed tips and tricks to make cooking simpler through 

planning ahead and using ingredients that are easy to 

swap out. All the recipes are vegetarian and gluten free. 

The Missing Sister (The 

Seven Sisters book 7) 

Lucinda Riley 

(Macmillan, $29.99) 

The seventh instalment in the multimillion-copy series 

The Seven Sisters. The six D’Aplièse sisters have each 

been on their own incredible journey to discover their 

heritage, but they still have one question left unanswered: 

who and where is the seventh sister? They only have 

one clue – an image of a star-shaped emerald ring. The 

search to find the missing sister will take them across the 

globe – from New Zealand to Canada, England, France 

and Ireland – uniting them all in their mission to complete 

their family at last. 

Fifty Years a Feminist 

(NZ autobiography) 

Sue Kedgley 

(Massey University Press, $39.99) 

In 1971, Sue Kedgley and other 

young feminists carried a coffin 

into Auckland’s Albert Park to 

protest against decades of stagnant 

advancement for New Zealand women. From that day, 

she became synonymous with Second Wave feminism in 

this country, most notably organising a tour by Germaine 

Greer that ended in an arrest and court appearance. Her 

rich and rewarding life, from activist, journalist and Green 

politician, has included encounters with Betty Friedan, 

Yoko Ono, Kofi Annan, Sonja Davies and the Dalai Lama. 

She regrets that there is still a culture of male entitlement, 

sexism and double standards, and that women are still 

victims of violence. Even so, she argues, feminism has 

achieved an extraordinary amount. 

READ A GOOD BOOK LATELY? 

Send your 25–50 words on why you recommend it, with the title and your first and last 

name for publication, to shelley@alliedpressmagazines.co.nz and you could win 

a $25 voucher to spend at Piccadilly Bookshop.

Style | Read 65 

YOU’VE BEEN 

READING 

PICCADILLY PICKS 

WINNING 

REVIEW 

Homegoing 

Yaa Gyasi 

(Penguin Random House, $26) 

I had heard a lot about this book 

and this particular author and 

I can see why! Homegoing is 

about two sisters with two very 

different destinies: one sold into 

slavery; one a slave trader’s wife. 

The chapters tell the story of the 

generations that follow. 

I really liked this style of writing 

because each chapter had new 

characters and was set in a new 

time period. It is quite heavy to 

read in parts and I had learned 

a lot by the end of the book. 

It makes you think about how 

history shapes us all. I’d suggest 

reading this one over a few days 

as it can be a bit hard to keep 

track of the characters. If you’re 

after something that is intense 

and moving, you’ll enjoy this. 

– Bridie Cassidy 

Gangland: New Zealand’s 

Underworld of Organised 

Crime 

Jared Savage 

(HarperCollins, $36.99) 

This book will shock many readers. 

This isn’t fiction – it is a work of 

non-fiction gleaned by the author 

over 24 years as a crime reporter. 

The 12 chapters follow key crimes, 

investigations and cases, almost 

all connected to the illegal drug 

industry in New Zealand. The risks 

are high but the financial rewards 

are astronomical, funding the 

lifestyles of the rich and infamous. 

Read this book if you want to know 

what police, customs and the justice 

system are up against. 

– Neville Templeton, 

Piccadilly Bookshop 

The Music of Bees 

Eileen Garvin 

(Penguin Random House, $34.99) 

Set in the countryside in America’s 

vast Pacific Northwest, this 

heart-warming story is about 

three random people who are 

drawn together by chance. Each 

provides the others with the 

courage and ability to see beyond 

their limitations, and the common 

denominator through which they 

do so are bees. Written by Eileen 

Garvin, who is a beekeeper as well 

as a writer, this book will appeal to 

apiarists and those who enjoy a tale 

of the power of friendship to help 

overcome life’s challenges. 

– Helen Templeton, 

Piccadilly Bookshop 

we love books 

www.piccadillybooks.co.nz 

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Gadgets and other things 

Gary Condon scouts around for the things that make life 

a bit easier and a heck of a lot more fun. 

Hooked 

Bait it up and send it out 

and it comes back with 

enough fish to feed the 

hordes. Kontiki fishing 

is an electric longline 

beach fishing system, 

taking your line a couple 

of kilometres out to sea. 

Can’t believe I’m only just 

hearing about this now. 

Powertiki PT530 Fishing 

Kontiki, from $1499 

Game on 

Remember those old school days 

when you used to drop a dollar 

or two into the coin door and the 

hours just disappeared? So yes, 

you do need a pinball machine 

and foosball table for you and 

your mates. It’s addictive and will 

transfix you for hours on end. 

And you can justify it by saying it 

is better to play a game and keep 

your mind sharp instead of using 

your phone or laptop. 

Pinball machines available at pinballs.co.nz from about $15,000 

Save Barn Foosball Table Wooden Games Table 8 Rods ($395)

Style | Cave 67 

GADGETS 

No more lawn mowing 

Mention ‘robot’ in any appliance and consider 

my interest piqued. Robotic lawn mowers must 

be strangely hypnotic devices if you watch them 

do all the work you used to do on a Sunday 

afternoon. You can operate them from your 

smartphone and an on-board GPS system makes 

a map of your garden through guide wires. The 

mower then apparently knows where it has 

already done. And there is no green waste to 

get rid of, reportedly, because they are mulching 

mowers designed to mow the lawn frequently, 

cut the grass into fine clippings and scatter them 

onto the lawn. Fascinating. 

Husqvarna automower 315X, $3879 

All the smarts 

Look, I know I am never going to 

have 650,000 different smart devices, 

but just having a remote that can control 

all of them is something I do want. 

The Sevenhugs Smart Remote ($500) 

can control most of your smart 

technology around the house. 

Simply tap on the device you want 

to watch and that’s it. 

Retro 

You know what goes well 

with retro games? 

A retro fridge filled with a 

heap of cold ones. 

I love my new Husky 123L Retro Style 

Bar Fridge (from $750) fridge. 

It looks amazing with a beautiful 

finish and cools things very fast. 

Cheers to that.

68 Style | Travel 

Where in the world? 

We can’t help but think of faraway places, planning for travels yet to come. 

Do you know the destination we’re dreaming about this month? 

CLUES 

• About 50 ‘torres’ or ancient coastal 

towers, which date back to the 

1500s, are on the coast of this island. 

Used as lookouts for pirates, they 

were designed by the mathematician 

and historian Joan Baptista Binimelis 

(1539–1616) and vital for defence 

of the island. In spite of this, tower 

keepers were poorly paid and often 

killed first in an invasion. 

• The Serra de Tramuntana mountain 

range (which is about 90km long) 

forms the northern backbone of this 

island. 

• The island’s capital city is Palma. 

• Known for its stunning beaches, wineries, 

secluded coves and famous clubs. 

• Like raw cured sausage? You’ll find 

it here, where it is called sobrassada. 

Or perhaps you might try some ‘dirty 

rice’ (arròs brut) or enjoy the delicious 

sweet bread called ensaïmada. 

ANSWER: Mallorca

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WASTE NOT WANT NOT 

BOOK LAUNCH 

8 

To celebrate the release of Waste Not Want Not by 

Christchurch’s Sarah Burtscher, invited guests 

gathered at Corso Merivale for a tasteful soirée. Glasses 

were raised to the author for providing readers with the 

knowledge of what to do with all those leftovers. 

Photography: Olivia Woodward Photography 

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5 

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1. Shelly Jackson, Charlotte Smith-Smulders, Sarah Burtscher, Mandy Steel; 2. Jo Rusbridge, Kerryn Schroder; 3. Catherine Aitken; 

4. Lara Palomino de Forbes, Annie Govan, Cilla Glasson; 5. Barbara Stewart, Danielle Stewart; 6. Sharon Trumper, Donna Kerr; 7. Suzy Tutton, Emma Newman; 

8. Leon Russell-White, Sarah Burtscher; 9. Andrew Green.

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SPONSOR UNVEILED 

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The New Zealand Flying Doctor Trust welcomed Williams 

Corporation Limited as its new principal sponsor at an 

event held at the GCH Aviation hanger recently. In 2020, 

the New Zealand Flying Doctor service flew 1207 missions 

across New Zealand, with demand on the rise. 

Photography: Supplied 

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1. Stefan Hance, Cor Vink, Michael Vink; 2. Nic Leggett, Bridget Leggett, Rosa Horncastle, Mrrietta Horncastle, Charlie Horncastle; 3. Jock Muir, David Cartwright; 

4. Matthew Horncastle, Blair Chappell, John Currie, David Bowie, Christine Prince, Sam Whitelock; 

5. Andrew Currie, Caroline Blanchfield, Declan Smiddy, Simon Duncan, Daniel Currie; 6. Russell Field, Arthur Ruddenklau, Tony Palmer; 

7. Andrew Currie, Dan Francis, Dana Enache, Kathryn Marshall, Ben Randle; 8. Grant Chappell, Blair Chappell, Cara Huxford, Gaye Chappell.

M FACTOR FASHION SHOW 

Factor hosted a fashion show that saw top designers 

M and sports stars on the catwalk at The Tannery. The 

sold-out event helped raise more than $85,000 for Ronald 

McDonald Houses in New Zealand. 

Photography: Forever Young Photography 

CAFÉ VALENTINO 

TURNS 30 

There was quite the buzz about Café Valentino the night 

it celebrated its 30th birthday. Twenty-four patrons 

were in the running to win a Fiat Abarth 595 – and the 

fifth spin of the wheel declared Flora the winner. What fun! 

Photography: Supplied

74 Style | Win 

GIVEAWAYS 

Win with Style 

Every month, Style sources a range of exceptional prizes to give away. 

It’s easy to enter, simply go to stylemagazine.co.nz and fill in your details on the 

‘Win With Style’ page. Entries close May 28. 

NIGHTLY RITUAL 

Prepare for bed the natural way with the Linden Leaves 

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Cleanser and Eye Makeup Remover, moisturise with the 

Regenerating Night Cream and, for an added boost, finish 

with a couple of drops of Miraculous Facial Oil. You will 

feel better for it! We have one set, valued at $155, to give 

away. lindenleaves.com 

NO WASTE HERE 

Those forlorn-looking things in your fruit bowl and fridge 

need not be biffed, but instead made into tasty meals for 

the family. Sarah Burtscher’s book Waste Not Want Not is 

based on the top 10 foods thrown out in New Zealand 

and has 80 delicious recipes and more than 40 tips and 

tricks on how to stop wasting food. We have a copy, 

valued at $39.99, to give away. fridgecleaner.co.nz 

SEASONAL LUXURY 

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You may enter all giveaways. If you are selected as a 

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